Welcome to the first of my blogs, which will focus on corporate, M&A and private equity issues. Any thoughts on burning topics for future blogs would be gratefully received, but plenty of ideas are bubbling around, including:
- the Financial Services Authority report on private equity and regulatory security of the indemnity generally;
- hedge funds and shareholder litigation;
- controlled auction processes;
- corporate social responsibility and private equity;
- due diligence nightmares; and
- incentivising listed company management teams.
Firstly, private equity-led P2Ps. Lots to cover here but, most topically, let me report that frustration is building in private equity land. No, it’s not just about the chronic shortage of £5m-plus homes in central London or the long waiting list for Aston Martin V8 Vantage convertibles. It’s about wrestling public-to-private deals to the ground in the UK market.
